Aulen, Gustaf

(1879–1977)

   Theologian, Ecumenist and Bishop.

   Aulen was born in southern Sweden and educated at the University of Uppsala. After teaching systematic theology at Lund University, he was consecrated Bishop of Strängnäs in 1933. As a Bishop, he worked against Naziism in neutral Sweden and he was prominent in the ecumenical movement. He was a leader of the Motivsforschung school of theology, which emphasised the truth as opposed to the form of a doctrine. His best-known work was a treatise on the atonement.

   Gustav Aulen, The Faith of the Christian Church (1961);

   Gustav Aulen, Christus Victor, edited and translated by A.G. Herbert (1931).